{"id":37055,"date":"2025-06-28T12:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=37055"},"modified":"2025-06-28T12:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:55:03","slug":"when-the-stumbles-of-others-become-our-only-entertainment-triviality-in-south-sudan-digital-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/when-the-stumbles-of-others-become-our-only-entertainment-triviality-in-south-sudan-digital-space\/","title":{"rendered":"When the stumbles of others become our only entertainment; Triviality in South Sudan Digital Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Isaac Chol Aguer<\/p>\n

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Building on the discussion of digital platforms misused for hate speech, this article explores a darker corner of online culture.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a country worn down by exhaustion, where life feels suffocatingly narrow, people now hunt for anything to amuse themselves\u2014even if it means laughing at someone else\u2019s slip-up.<\/p>\n

A student blanking on a word mid-sentence, a young woman stumbling through an interview, a man tripping on the street\u2026 these small moments turn into virais clips that spread like wildfire. People race to share them, laughing at the expense of others.<\/p>\n

Facebook, TikTok, and WhatsApp have become giant stages for ridiculing human mistakes. In a place starved of real entertainment, some find their fun not in lifting others up, but in laughing at those who fall.<\/p>\n

Even those without proper internet\u2014stuck with “Facebook Zero”, that bare-bones version showing no photos or videos\u2014linger on the streets of Juba, waiting to pounce on anyone who trips or fumbles their words, turning stumbles into stories for cheap laughs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like everyone\u2019s sitting at vast caf\u00e9 (Mahel Shai\u2014not drinking tea) but waiting for someone to fall so they can point and laugh.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all forgotten that anyone can stumble. Every one of us has had moments where we wished the earth would swallow us whole. So why show no mercy? Why break the already shy and smirk at the vulnerable?<\/p>\n

Truth is: When we can\u2019t find our own success, we settle for someone else\u2019s failure. A society that amuses itself by watching its own people fall is one that needs to rethink its soul.<\/p>\n

Real upbringing means teaching our kids to cheer for their friends\u2019 wins and to help those who trip\u2014not mock them. That emptiness inside? It won\u2019t be filled by laughing at others\u2026 only by finding something that adds real meaning to your life.<\/p>\n

In the end, we shouldn\u2019t laugh at people\u2014we should laugh with them\u2026 but only when there\u2019s something actually worth laughing about.<\/p>\n

And to everyone who\u2019s ever slipped up in public, whose tongue tied itself in knots, or who took a spill on the sidewalk\u2014don\u2019t sweat it.<\/p>\n

A stumble may steady your step. Every trip-up is just another lesson\u2026 except the ones that trip up an entire nation. Some stumbles can\u2019t be forgiven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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